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Diel patterns of reproduction in rotifer populations from a tropical lake
Author(s) -
SAUNDERS JAMES F.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
freshwater biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2427
pISSN - 0046-5070
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1980.tb01177.x
Subject(s) - rotifer , diel vertical migration , reproduction , brachionus calyciflorus , ecology , biology , population , demography , sociology
SUMMARY. The diel patterns of reproduction were studied for three rotifer populations from Lake Valencia, Venezuela. Significant departures from uniformity were recorded for egg eclosion and egg deposition rates in Keratella americana and Brachianus calyciflorus , but only from egg deposition rates in B. havanaensis . The existence of non‐random reproduction has practical ramifications for studies of population dynamics and secondary production.